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Virginia finishes its season on a sour note and misses a bowl game for the first time since 2001. All season, Chris Long forced himself to watch teams rejoice when they defeated Virginia. Unsavory as that might have seemed to him, he wanted to carry those memories into the offseason, which officially started Sunday for the Cavaliers, who finished 5-7 and failed to qualify for a bowl game after losing 17-0 on Saturday at Virginia Tech. "What I've tried to do all year is just take these mental pictures of watching other teams celebrate," Long said. "I'll be taking a lot of mental pictures during bowl season. ... You've just gotta remember how these things...

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Virginia finishes its season on a sour note and misses a bowl game for the first time since 2001.
All season, Chris Long forced himself to watch teams rejoice when they defeated Virginia. Unsavory as that might have seemed to him, he wanted to carry...